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rUEACHED  AT  AI-BURCiH,  VT. 


9 


OiV  THE  22d  OF  APRIL,  1822, 


OxN  THE  DEATH  OF 


PHILYER  LOOP,  ESQ.  ^T.  44. 


BY  THE  UEV.  MICA  J  AH  TOWNSEND, 
Hector  of  Caldmll  and  Christie  Manors,  L.  C. 


"Bltssed  are  tl;e  dead  which  die  in  the  Lord  fioui  heoceforUi." 

Rev.  14,  10. 

"O  death,  wlieic  is  iby  oling  ?  O  grave  wheie  is  thy  victory  ?" 

U.  Cor.  15,  55. 


BURLINGTON,  Vt. 

PttlNTKD    BY    E.    AXD   T.    MILLS. 


1833. 


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**A»d  Jesus  said  unto  hinii  Verily  I  say  unto  ihee^  to-day 
sbalt  thou  be  with  me  in  Paradise  "^-'Luke  23,  43. 

It  is  impossible  for  any  one,  who  has  a  heart  to  feel, 
and  a  soul  to  save,  to  peruse,  without  deep  and  solemn 
interest,  the  record  of  the  sufferings  and  crucifixion  of 
Jesus  Christ.  The  grand  and  magnificent  scene  which 
is  here  presented  to  our  view,  of  an  Omnipotent  Sav- 
iour, assuming  human  nature  for  the  suffering  of  death, 
and  taking  upon  himself  the  responsibility  and  guilt  of 
a  whole  race  of  rebels,  cannot  be  contemplated  with- 
out wonder  and  admiration. 

The  object  of  his  humiliations  and  sufferings,  which 
was  so  truly  great,  so  truly  godlike,  gave  additional 
dignity  and  grandeur  to  the  sacrifice ;  and  the  majesty 
with  which  his  sufferings  were  endured,  and  termina- 
ted, induced  a  modern  skeptick  to  say,  that  while 
**Socrutes  died  like  a  Philosopher,  Jesus  Christ  died 
like  a  God," 

His  mission  upon  earth  was  a  mission  of  mercy ;  this 
divine  attribute  shown  forth  in  all  its  native  loveliness 
and  glory,  in  every  trait  of  his  personal  character  ;  and 
in  the  doctrines  and  promises  of  his  Gospel,  he  hath 
bequeathed  to  a  sinful  world  the  richest  legacy  of  mer- 
cy. Every  christian,  who  has  consulted  this  blessed 
charter  of  salvation,  must  be  familiar  with    those   nu* 


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mcrous  instances  recorded,  in  which  the  divine  benev- 
olence of  the  Saviour  was  manifested  for  the  relief  of 
human  misery.  The  ignorant  were  instructed  in  that 
wisdom  which  cometh  from  above  ;  the  wicked  were 
reproved  with  authority ;  the  humble  penitent 
was  consoled  with  the  assurance  of  pardon  ;  the  bro- 
ken heart  was  healed,  and  the  desponding  spirit  cheer- 
ed, with  the  soothing  accents  of  mercy  ;  bodily  disea- 
ses were  alleviated  ;  devils  were  cast  out  and  their  prey 
delivered ;  the  dead  were  raised  to  life  Again,  and  the 
sins  of  those  who  believed  in  Jesus  were  forgiven.  His 
benevolence  flowed  from  a  source  which  could  not  be 
exhausted  by  exercise,  nor  diverted  from  its  course  by 
obstacles  ;  even  in  the  midst  of  Kis  bitterest  persecu- 
tions, it  did  not  fail  to  discover  itself  on  every  possible 
occasion.  When  he  was  reviled,  he  reviled  not  again  ; 
when  he  was  persecuted,  he  blessed  j  when  he  was  ar- 
rested with  weapons  of  slaughter,  he  healed  the  wound, 
which  one  of  his  enemies  had  received  in  the  contest  j 
when  he  was  threatened,  at  the  bar  of  Pilate,  he  pallia- 
ted the  conduct  of  him  who  was  about  to  pronounce 
the  sentence  of  death  upon  him,  by  assuring  that  ty- 
rant, that  even  in  that  horrid  act,  he  was  less  culpable 
than  they  who  had  delivered  him  to  his  power  j  when 
he  was  accused,  he  answered  not ;  when  he  was  buf- 
feted;  he  suffered  in  silence  ;  when  he  was  condemned, 
he  appealed  not  from  the  illegal  and  bloody  sentence  j 
"He  was  brought  as  a  lamb  to  the  slaughter  j  and  as  the 
sheep  before  her  shearers  is  dumb,  so  he  opened  not 
his  mouth."  When  he  approached  the  cross,  and  be- 
held all  the  implements  of  death  collected  to  mangle 


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and  torture  his  body,  not  a  murmur  escaped  him  ;  he 
shuddered  not  at  the  sight,  for  his  agony  was  past. — 
When  his  blood-thirsty  enemies  had  completed  their 
part  in  this  work  of  death,  by  suspending  him  on  the 
cross,  to  suffer  all  the  pains  ot  a  protracted  dissolution, 
he  at  length  opened  his  mouth ;  but  what  was  the  sen- 
tence which  he  uttered  ?  Was  it  a  malediction  upon  his 
enemies?  No!  but, **Father,  forgive  them,  lor  they 
know  not  what  they  do."  He  heard  in  silence  the 
railing  of  the  multitude,  in  which  one  of  the  malcfectors 
united,  who  was  crucified  with  him  j  but  when  from 
the  other,  the  accents  of  penitence  and  faith  reached  his 
ear,  "Lord,  remember  mc,  when  thou  comest  into  thy 
kingdom,"  he  turned  and  addressed  him  in  the  gra- 
cious  words  of  our  text, — "Verily,  I  say  unto  thee,  to- 
day shalt  thou  be  with  me  in  Paradise." 

It  was  in  this  spirit  of  benevolence  and  mercy,  that 
these  words  were  uttered  j  and  they  were  pronounced 
by  him,  who  had  power  to  ensure  the  fulfilment  of 
what  he  promised  ;  for  he  soon  demonstrated  to  the 
world,  that  he  had  the  keys  of  Death  and  the  Grave, 
and  that  the  destinies  of  the  invisible  world  were  all 
subject  to  his  control. 

The  Paradise,  to  which  the  Saviour  here  promises  to 
introduce  <he  penitent  malefactor,  is  generally  supposed 
to  be  a  receptacle  in  the  unseen  world,  prepared  of 
God  to  receive  the  souls  of  the  righteous,  when  they 
leave  their  earthly  habitation  ;  there  they  are  to  re- 
main in  a  state  of  qualified  happiness,  till  the  day  of  fi- 
nal judgement,  when  they  will  be  summoned  to  the 
bar,  in  one  grand  assembly,  to  receive  their  full,  their 


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everlasting  reward.  Of  this  depository  of  the  Saints, 
St.  John  had  a  view,  when  he  "saw  under  the  altar  the 
souls  of  them  that  were  slain  for  the  word  of  God, 
and  the  testimony  which  they  held."  Here  also  was 
the  Patriarch  Abraham,  when  he  received  into  his  bo- 
som the  pious  beggar  Lazarus*  And  it  is  but  reasonable 
to  conclude  from  analogy,  that  a  receptacle  is  also  pre. 
pared  for  the  souls  of  the  wicked,  during  the  interme. 
diate  space  between  death  and  judgement.  This  place 
is  frequently  alluded  to  in  scripture,  under  the  appella- 
tion of /f^//;  and  to  this  prison,  the  rich  man  in  the 
Gospel  was  consigned,  who  supplicated  Abraham  for 
relief. 

But  not  to  the  penitent  Chief  on  the  cross,  alone,  hag 
the  blessed  Saviour  promised  this  paradise  of  rest ; 
thousands  of  immortal  beings,  who  have  turned  to 
Christ  the  eye  of  penitence,  and  addressed  to  him  the 
prayer  of  futh,like  him,  have  found  shelter  and  salva* 
tion  in  his  cheering  promises.  And  we,  my  dear  hear- 
ers, and  every  other  child  of  Adam,  need  the  consoling 
assurance,  which  Christ  here  gave  to  this  dying  man.-— 
If  we  have  not  stolen  from  man,  as  he  had  done,  we 
have  done  what  is  worse,  we  have  robbed  our  Maker ; 
If  the  laws  of  our  land  have  not  condemned  us,  yet  the 
more  fearful  laws  of  Heaven  have  already  pronounced 
us  guilty.  It  is  from  the  weightier  judgements  of  eter- 
nity, which  never,  never  end,  that  we  are  to  seek  de- 
liverance *,  it  is  from  the  death  that  never  dies,  that  sin- 
ners are  timely  snatched  by  the  mercy  of  Jesus  Christ. 
How  seasonably  did  this  mercy  interpose  in  behalf  of 
the  poor  culprit  on  the  cross,  at  once  displaying  the 


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glory  of  the  Saviour  in  the  midst  of  his  ignominy,  and 
plucking  the  sinking  soul  from  the  jaws  of  perdition  ? 
Behold,  what  a  spectacle  of  wretchedness  this  unhappy 
victim  exhibits !  He  is  cut  off  from  society  in  the  midst 
of  his  days  ;  his  life  is  forfeited  to  the  violated    laws, 
and  endless  disgrace  and  infamy  are    entailed  on    his 
memory.     All  hopes  of  pardon  for  his  crimes  from  any 
human  tribunal  are  extinguished,  for  the  ministers  of 
justice  are  performing  their  last    awful  duties.    If  he 
turn  his  eye  to  the  future,  all  is  there  dark,  and  gloomy 
and  hopeless :  for  the  same  crimes  which   demanded 
his  execution  here,  will  meet  and  witness  against   him 
at  the  more  awful  tribunal  of  Heaven,  from   the   deci- 
sions of  which,  there  is  no  appeal.    In  this  dreadful  ex. 
tremity,  he  feels  contrition  for  his  sins  ;  he  confesses 
the  justice  of  his  sentence  ;  he  reproves  the  partner  of 
his  guilt  for  not  fearing  God  ;  he  proclaims  the  inno- 
cence of  the  Saviour,  who  had  done  nothing  amiss ;  per- 
haps he  had  heard  of  his  fame,  and  seen  his  miracles, 
and  knew  that  the  malice  of  his  enemies,  and  not  th& 
violation  of  law,  had  procured  his  condemnation ;  and 
beholding  the  Godlike  dignity  and  virtue  of  his  suffer- 
ings, he  believes  that  he  is  the  Son  of  God,  and  with 
reverence  addresses  him  as  a  Being  able  to  afford  him 
deliverance  from  the  wrath  to  come,-*-**Lord,  remem- 
ber me  when  thou  comest  into  thy  kingdom." 

This  prayer,  tho*  short,  was  sincere  and  effectual',  it 
was  the  language  of  penitence,  conviction  and  faith  ;  it 
came  from  the  heart,  and  produced  from  the  Saviour 
this  gracious  reply,— "Verily  1  say  unto  thee,  to-day 
shalt  thou  be  with  me  in  Paradise." 


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Very  few,  probably,  would  have  been  willing  to  have 
oxxhanged  conditions  with  this  dying  malefactor.     But 
liow,  let  me  usk,  is  our  situation,  without  the  promise 
of  paradise,  preferable  to  his    who   had    received  that 
promise  ?  He  was  sentenced  to  suffer  temporal  death 
on  the  cross  ;  we,  without  repentance,  arc  already  c6n- 
demned  to  eternal  death.     His  contrition,  though  late, 
had  procured  for  him  a  general  amnesty  for  all  his  sins 
from  the  '.hrone  of  Mercy,  and  conciliated  the  favour  of 
him,  v/ho  was  to  sit  in  judgement  on  his  soul ;  we   are 
still  enemies  of  God,  still  exposed   to  the  judgements 
due  to  our  sins,  unless  we  also  have  trodden  the  path  of 
penitence  and  godly  sorrow.     Altho*  our  lives  are  not 
visibly  threatened  with  so  speedy  a  termination  as  his, 
who  was  writhing  upon  the  cross  while  he  made  peace 
with  his  Saviour,  yet  a  thousand  unseen  casualties  arc 
lurking  around  us,  and  death  may  be  even  nearer  to  us 
than  it  was  to  him  ;  but  if  otherwise,    of    what  mo- 
ment are  a  few  transient  days  of  vanity,  in  comparison 
with  the  magnitude  of  those  events,  and  the  vastness  of 
eternity,  which  await  us  beyond  the  tomb  ?  and   yet, 
who  of  you,  my  dear  hearers,  hav.e  so    addressed  to 
Christ  the  prayer  of   penitence  and  faith  as  to  obtain 
the  consoling  assurance,  which  cheered  the  spirit  of  this 
dying  man  ?  Ye,  who  are  living,  can  answer  for  your- 
selves ;  and  I  solemnly  charge  you  before  God,  to   put 
the  question  to  your  own  hearts  with  that  honesty  and 
truth,  which  eternity  will  soon  constrain  you  to  use. 

I  could  point  you  to  one,  to  whom  the  merciful  Sav- 
iour hath  given  this  blessed  assurance — but  he  has  al- 
ready gone  to  enjoy  that  paradise  of  rest ;  and  while 


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our  tears  of  regret  arc  falling  around  his  lifeless  re- 
mains, his  deathless  spirit  is  proving  the  truth  of  those 
promises  on  which  he  relied.  I  could  direct  you  to  one, 
whose  eyes  the  Saviour  hath  opened,  aod  anointed  with 
the  eye-salve  of  faith — but  his  mortal  organs  are  now 
closed  in  death — they  have  become  insensible  to  sur- 
rounding objects ;  no  more  on  earth  shall  they  beam 
with  intelligence,  or  weep  for  affliction.  Thtf  tear  of 
penitence  for  his  sins,  the  tear  of  affection  for  the  be- 
loved objects  he  was  about  to  leave,  and  the  tear  of  joy 
and  gratitude  for  the  mercy  of  God,  I  have  beheld, 
successively  trembling  in  those  eyes,  which  must  now 
sleep  in  the  tomb,  till  the  morn  of  the  resurrection  shall 
dawn  upon  them,  till  they  shall  open  upon  the  Saviour 
in  his  glory.  Yea,  I  could  refer  you  to  one,  whose 
tongue,  though  wholly  unused  to  pray,  had  learnt,  even 
upon  the  threshold  q(  eternity,  the  language  of  prayer 
and  praise  ;  and  I  would  now  call  upon  him  for  his  tes- 
timony— but  he  hath  already  given  it  to  the  world,  and 
death  has  now  sealed  his  mortal  lips  in  lasting  silence. 

You  need  not  the  assurance,  that  I  allude  to  our  much 
lamented  friend  and  brother,  whose  decease  has  called 
together  this  mourning  assembly.  Seldom,  if  ever, 
have  I  witnessed  more  fully,  and  clearly,  the  power  and 
efficacy  of  the  christian  religion,  in  purifying  the  heart 
by  faith,  and  in  completing  its  triumph  over  the  an- 
guish of  dissolving  nature  and  the  alarms  of  death, 
than  in  the  instance  now  before  us.  To  him,  the  faith 
of  the  gospel  had  disrobed  the  monster  of  his  terrors, 
and  converted  his  horrid  ghastliness  into  the  aspect  of  a 
cordial  friend.    He  scarcely  felt  the  pains  that  were 


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.oosening  the  cords  of  life,  wliile  he  contemplated  the 
magnificence  of  the  atonement,  and  the  blessedness  that 
awaited  him  in  the  kingdom  of  God. 

He  has  now  closed  all  his  connections  with  man  ;  he 
is  withdrawn  from  a  participation  of  all  earthly  con- 
cerns. Let  us,  who  survive,  pause  for  a  moment,  and 
contemplate  the  destiny  that  awaits  us  all ;  for  the 
spectacle  which  he  now  exhibits  to  us,  we  must  shortly, 
in  our  turn,  exhibit  to  the  world.  God  grant,  that  we 
may  be  as  well  prepared  as  he  was,  to  receive  the  aw- 
ful summons. 

As  we  have  assembled,  to  show  our  respect  to  his 
memory,  and  to  consign  his  mortal  remains  to  that  si- 
'ent  mansion  appointed  for  all  the  living,  it  may  not  be 
irrelevant  to  the  occasion  or  foreign  to  our  feelings,  to 
call  to  remembrance  some  of  the  most  prominent  traits 
in  the  character  which  he  has  sustained  through  life. 

This  tribute  is  due,  both  to  his  memory,  which  all 
who  knew  him  must  respect,  and  to  our  own  improve- 
m^it  of  the  important  instruction  which  it  affords  us. 

It  will  not  be  necessary,  nor  can  it  be  expected,  that 
on  this  occasion  I  should  descend  to  a  minute  detail  of 
particulars,  but  only  bring  to  your  view  a  summary  or 
general  out-line  of  his  character.  In  doing  this,  I  shall 
notice. 

I.     His  integrity  as  a  man  ; 

II    His  usefulness  as  a  member  of  the  community  ^ 

III.  His  benevolence ; 

IV.  His  domestic  virtues  ;  and 

V.  His  religion. 

I  enter  with  no  ordinary  pleasure  on  this  part  of  my 


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subject,  confident,  as  I  am,  that  my  sentiments  are  cor- 
roborated in  the  breast  of  every  good  man ;  and  tho* 
nothing  new  will  be  elicited,  which  is  not  already 
known  to  you  all,  I  am  certain  that  my  feelings  and 
wishes  to  do  justice  to  departed  worth,  will  ba  cordially 
reciprocated  by  every  one.  To  me,  it  would  be  a  two- 
fold source  of  gratification,  if,  while  I  attempt  to  re- 
vive in  your  recollection  the  memory  of  his  virtues, 
you  would  be  excited  to  imitate  them. 

I.     I  shall  notice  his  Integrity  as  a  man. 

This  was  a  quality  which  was  discoverable  in  all  his 
actions,  whether  of  a  public  or  a  private  nature ;  it 
flowed  from  those  fixed  principles  of  rectitude,  which 
he  had  early  imbibed,  and  from  which  he  iiever  dared 
to  depart. 

You  have  long  known  him  in  his  intercourse  with 
mankind,  and  his  commercial  occupation  rendered  that 
intercourse  general  through  the  vicinity*  ;  yet  let  me 
ask,  has  ;;my  one  known  him  to  oppress  the  poor  ?  I 
dare  to  answer — none,  for  he  was  always  the  poor 
man's  friend.  Is  there  any  one  whom  he  has  defraud- 
ed ?  any  one  who  has  known  him,  for  the  sake  of  gain, 
tarnish  his  reputation  by  a  dishonest  act  ? — I  appeal,  not 
to  strangers,  but  to  you,  who  have  known  him  as  a  fa- 
miliar acquaintance  ;  and  I  would  to  God,  that  over 
the  ashes  of  many,  who  have  long  borne  the  christian 
name,  a  similar  appeal  might  be  made  with  as  much 
safety.  If  there  is  any  one  who  can  testify  against  his 
integrity,  let  him  speak,  and  restitution  shall  be  made. 

*The  deceased  had  beeo  for  maoy  years  eogaged  in  commeicial  bu- 

Buiess, 


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IS 

I  wait  for  a  reply.— What !  None  ? — Th6n  was  his  In- 
tegrity unblemished,  and 

"  The  iweet  reneoibraace  of  the  jurt 
Shall  flounih,  while  he  sleeps  in  dust." 

You  have  also  known  him  in  a  more  public  and  of- 
ficial character ;  for  his  virtues  and  ability  had  ensured 
to  him  the  confidence  of  his  country,  which  called  him 
to  the  exercise  of  judicial  function.* 

In  this  responsible  station,  did  he  ever  disappoint 
your  confidence  ?— -did  he  ever  disregard  your  rights  ? 
Were  his  hands  ever  polluted  with  the  corrupting  bribe 
to  betray  the  innocent  ?  Did  the  influence  of  wealth  or 
power  ever  deter  him  from  pursuing  the  strict  course 
of  justice,  or  cause  him  to  deviate  from  the  correct  prin- 
ciples of  law  and  equity  ?  Did  he  not  judge  ^he  cause  of 
the  fatherless  and  the  widow,  and  deliver  the  poor  from 
him  that  would  oppress  him  wrongfully  ? — 1  again  ap- 
peal to  you,  who  have  known  him  in  his  judicial  capa- 
city, for  a  reply ;  and  in  your  heart-felt  sorrow  on  this 
occasion,  I  read — He  hatb  done  all  things  well.  Go  then, 
and  weep  for  the  loss  your  country  has  sustained,  and 
let  your  tears  fall  to  the  memory  oi  an  honest  man  !  Go 
and  inscribe  oo  his  tomb— if<fr^  lies  ^^The  noblest  work  oj 
God," 

II.    His  usefulness  as  a  member  of  the  community. 

Man  b  formed  a  rational  and  social  being  ^  and  that 
he  may  cultivate  and  eisercige  more  perfectly  these 

*fl[e  was  fomerly  appoioled  to  the  office  of  first  Judge  of  the  Coun- 
ty €ourt  io  Grand  Ule;  vhicb  statioo  be  filled  with  honour  to  himself, 
apd  usefuloesi  to  the  country ;  but  from  too  modest  an  opinion  of  his 
own  ability,  he  resigned  the  sltuatloo,  ta  the  general  r^;ret  of  all  who 
had  fcipwnfaim  in  ttuit  capacity. 


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qualities,  Providence  has  wisely  placed  him  in  such  re- 
lative  circumstances,  and  surrounded  him  with  relative 
duties,  that  however  prosperity  may  attend  him,  he 
may  still  feel  that  dependence  on  others  for  his  enjoy. 
ments,  which  will  strengthen  the  social  affections  be- 
tween man  and  man.  There  is,  however,  in  many,  a 
contemptible  meanness  of  spirit,  which  induces  them  to 
withdraw  from  the  generous  confidence  and  friendly 
participations  of  society,  and  to  lock  themselves  up  in 
their  own  selfishness,  unwilling  to  contribute  any  thing 
towards  the  common  fund  of  public  improvement  or 
the  happiness  of  their  species. 

Thus,  they  live  in  a  sort  of  hermitage,  secluded  from 
the  interests  and  sympathies  of  all ;  and  when  they  die, 
they  leave  no  vacuity  in  their  place  ;  they  disappear — 
and  society  closes  over  them,  like  waters  over  the 
sinking  stone  ;  no  bonds  of  social  union  are  dissolved, 
for  none  were  formed  j  their  lo<is  is  neither  mourned  nor 
felt,  and  oblivion  soon  expunges  their  memory  from 
the  earth. 

But  such  was  not  the  character  of  our  deceased  friend ; 
he  felt  the  claims  of  society,  and  he  fulfilled  them  ;  his 
heart  and  his  hand  were  always  open  to  encourage  ev- 
ery good  design  to  promote  the  prosperity  and  happi- 
ness of  the  community ;  and  distinct  from  his  individ. 
ual  er^ertions,  he  threw  into  the  scale  the  weight  of  his 
own  sanction  and  example. 

As  a  patriot,  he  loved  his  country ;  he  inculcated 
obedience  to  her  laws  by  precept  and  example  ;  he  res- 
pected  and  supported  her  institutions,  an4  venerated 
the  memory  and  virtues  of  those  who  had  been  her 


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benefactors;  he  respected  the  rights  of  individuals, 
and  scrupulously  guarded  against  every  encroachnment 
upon  them ;  lie  was  a  friend  to  virtue,  morality,  and 
order,  and  openly  discountenanced  irregularity  and  vice. 
His  friendly  disposition,  his  easy  and  accessible  manners, 
his  modest  and  unassuming  merit,  gained  the  good  will 
of  all  who  knew  him,  and  never  have  I  yet  heard  that 
he  had  an  enemy ;  for  all,  without  distinction,  receive 
his  civilities  and  good  offices. 

When  such  a  man  dies,  the  grief  of  his  kindred  is 
not  solitary ;  the  country  mourns  ;  society  feels  the 
wound  ;  and  in  every  heart,  the  mourner  is  sure  to  meet 
with  sympathy.  Long  will  the  recollection  of  his  vir- 
tues be  fondly  cherished,  and  many  will  be  the  tears  of 
affection  that  shall  fall,  and  the  sighs  of  regret  that  shall 
hover  around  his  dreamless  bed  ;  for  the  memory  of  the 
patriot,  the  philosopher,  the  philanthropist,  will  survive, 
when  the  marble  laurels  shall  perish,  which  surround 
the  tomb  of  the  Caesars. 

III.     His  Benevolence. 

The  appeals  of  poverty  and  distress  were  never  made 
to  him  in  vjun.  His  humane  and  benevolent  disposition 
was  manifested,  not  only  in  relieving  the  wants  of  the 
needy  with  direct  charity,  but  in  the  exercise  of  lenity 
and  forbearance,  to  a  great  extent,  towards  those  in. 
debted  to  him  ;  in  this  way,  he  avoided  that  oppression 
of  the  poor  so  common  in  the  commercial  v-^rld.  Even 
his  debtors  loved  him,  and  the  blessing  of  the  poor, 
and  of  him  that  was  ready  to  perish,  came  upon  him. 
His  charity  received  additional  value,  by  being  free 
from  that  ostentation  which  is  so  apt  to  corrupt  the 


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motives  oi"  our  best  actions;  they  originated  in  an  in- 
nate wish  to  relieve  a  brother's  woe.  The  angel  of  mer- 
cy, alone,  has  preserved  the  record  of  his  secret  munifi- 
cence; but  it  will  be  openly  declared  in  that  day, ,  when 
the  Judge  shiU  say  to  the  merciful,  "In  as  much  as  ye  have 
done  it  to  the  least  of  these,  ye  have  done  it  unto  me.*' 

IV.    His  domestic  virtues. 

We  have  thus  far  considered  the  character  of  our 
deceased  brother,  with  respect  to  his  ability  and  dispo- 
sition to  fulfil  the  public  and  social  duties  of  life.  But 
though  he  was  eminently  qualified  to  secure  the  respect 
and  confidence  of  his  fellow-creatures  abroad,  by  a  dis- 
creet and  faithful  discharge  of  the  various  obligations 
of  society,  his  virtues  shone  with  a  peculiar  lustre  at 
home.  It  was  here  that  his  affections  centered ;  he  lov- 
ed his  family  better  than  any  other  object,  and  his 
home  was  dearer  to  him  than  any  other  place  ;  he  nev- 
er left  it  without  regret — he  never  returned  to  it  with- 
out pleasure.  In  his  domestic  circle,  he  found  a  little 
sanctuary  from  the  cares  of  business  and  the  vicissitudes 
of  life — a  sacred  asylum,  where  his  private  peace  and 
happiness  were  secured  from  intrusion.  He  was  here 
sure  of  enjoying,  in  the  affectious  of  a  virtuous  family, 
an  elevated  pleasure,  with  which  the  stranger  inter- 
meddleth  not.  As  a  husband,  he  was  faithful,  constant, 
and  affectionate ;  as  a  parent,  he  was  fond,  without 
weakness — strict,  without  severity — prudent,  without 
suspicion-^and  provident  without  parsimony ;  and 
while  the  blessing  of  God  upon  his  exertions  enabled 
him  to  provide  well  for  the  support  and  comfort  of  his 
family,  he  did  not  neglect  to  instil  into  the  minds  of  his 


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offspring  those  principles  of  rectitude,  which  would  en> 
sure  their  respectability  and  usefulness  in  the  world. 

In  thus  briefly  exhibiting  these  few  trait  i  in  the  char- 
acter of  our  deceased  brother,  I  am  not  couscious  of 
being  actuated  by  other  feelings,  than  those  of  impar- 
tial and  disinterested  friendship,  and  a  desire  to  rescue 
from  oblivion  the  memory  of  those  virtues,  which  arc 
now  held  up  to  your  imitation.  I  say  not  that  he  was 
faultless,  for  he  was  human  like  ourselves.  Whatever 
his  errors  were,  we  bury  them  in  his  grave ;  and  you, 
who  have  had  the  sagacity  to  detect,  are  cautioned  to 
avoid  them.  In  speaking  of  his  more  estimable  quali- 
ties,  I  am  confident,  that  none  who  knew  him  will  im- 
pute to  exaggeration  what  has  been  said ;  for  to  him, 
our  praises  and  our  censures  are  now  alike  indifferent  -, 
but  to  ourselves,  an  impartial  contemplation  of  his  char- 
acter may  produce  important  consequences.  We  come 
now  to  notice, 

V.    His  religion. 

In  entering  upon  this  part  of  his  character,  I  can  only 
allude  to  his  sentiments  during  a  few  of  the  last  days  of 
his  life ;  previous  to  that  time,  his  religious  principles 
were  unknown  to  me.  If  his  views  of  that  sacred  subject 
were  always  correct,  his  great  modesty  and  reserve  pre- 
vented his  publising  them  to  the  world  by  an  open  pro- 
fession ;  if  they  were  erroneous,  as  he  finally  consider- 
ed them  to  have  been,*  his  prudence  prevented  others 
from  being  misguided  by  them,  as  he  seldom  alluded 
to  the  subject,  but  in  general  terms  but  always  spoke  of 

*It  hai  beea  stated  by  those  to  whom  he  had  made  koowo  hi»  seotl- 
mf Qt3>  that  he  formerly  believed  io  the  doctrioe  of  Uoivenal  Salvatioo. 


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it  with  serious  respect.  But  one  thJng  is  certain,  that 
when  life  was  visibly  drawing  to  a  close,  and  he  beheld 
eternity  rapidly  approaching,  attended  with  all  its  train 
of  consequences,  his  religious  principles  and  sentiments 
underwent  a  total  and  very  important  change.  This 
he  repeatedly  declared,  and  every  moment  served  only 
to  render  it  more  obvious  to  all  around  him.  With  all 
his  other  excellences  of  character,  here,  it  seems,  was 
one  grand  deficiency.  At  this  awful  and  trying  junc- 
ture, when  every  object  assumes  its  real  importance,  he 
found  himself  a  stranger  to  the  saving  faith  of  the  gos- 
pel ;  he  had  not  felt  its  necessity — he  knew  not  its  pow- 
er. But  when  he  beheld  the  near  approach  of  that 
hour,  which  unassisted  nature  cannot  contemplate  with- 
out dismay,  he  saw  and  felt  himself  to  be  a  wretched, 
helpless  sinner,  whose  eternal  destiny  was  suspended  on 
a  Ufe,  which  had  nearly  reached  its  period.  He  then 
regretted  with  the  deepest  sorrow,  that  he  had  devot- 
ed his  precious  time  and  talents  to  those  objects,  which 
could  not  now  give  him  support,  while  the  great  object 
and  end  of  existence  had  not  been  secured  j  he  had  neg- 
lected *^T/je one  thing  needful" 

But  his  was  a  godly  sorrcv,  and  too  sincere  to  be  of 
long  duration.  The  sceptre  of  mercy  was  extended  to 
him — he  believed — and  received  from  the  Saviour, 
"beauty  for  ashes,  the  oil  of  joy  for  mourning,  and  the 
garment  of  praise  for  the  spirit  of  heaviness."  **Now," 
said  he,  while  the  tear  of  penitence  filled  his  eye,  "I  feel 
'*that  the  pursuits  and  possessions  of  this  world  are  but 
**vanity.    In  my  awful  situation,  I  want  nothing  but  a 

'*Saviour ;  and  in  this  my  greatest  time  of  need.  He 

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"iiatii  hot  forsaken  me  ;  to  me,  He  is  now  "all  in  all  ;'* 
"for  he  hath  taken  away  the  burden  of  sin  which  I  could 
"not  bear,  and  has  given  me  hope  and  confidence  of  a 
"blessed  immortality.  O  where  could  I  go,  what  could 
'*l  do,  and  how  cobld  I  endure  this  dreadful  moment, 
"without  a  Saviour  ?  I  am  astonished,  that  I  have  nev- 
"er  viewed  religion,  and  eternity,  in  their  true  colours 
"before  ;  and  I  am  surprized,  that  I  could  so  long  re- 
^'main  stupid,  and  careless,  about  a  subject  of  such  mag- 
**nitude  and  importance  *,  and  yet  I  see  thousands  of  my 
"fellow-creatures  who  are  still  pursuing  the  same 
*'thoughtless  course.  O  that  their  eyes  may  be  opened 
<'to  see  things  as  I  do,  before  it  shall  be  too  late  !  Be- 
"fore  I  received  the  assurance  of  pardon,  I  was  poor, 
"and  blind,  and  wretched  ;  but  now  I  am  rich — rich  in- 
"deed,  for  the  Saviour  hath  promised  me  an  inherit- 
"ance  in  his  own  kingdom  ;  now  I  am  happy,  for  He 
"who  is  the  source  of  happiness  is  my  best  friend.  O 
'*how  does  my  spirit  long  for  that  blessed  moment, 
"when  I  shall  behold  my  Saviour  in  his  glory  !  for  then 
"I  shall  embrace  Him  in  my  arms,  and  be  forever  his." 

These  were  some  of  his  own  words,  about  a  week 
before  he  received  his  final  summons.  He  talked  much, 
whenever  his  strength  would  enable  him,  with  the  ut- 
most clearness  of  intellect,  and  almost  exclusively  on 
this  subject,  and  in  this  strain.  To  you,  my  dear  hear- 
ers, who  know  the  power  of  divine  grace,  and  its  ope- 
ration on  the  heart,  this  specimen  of  his  feelings  will  be 
suJSSicient  to  satisfy  you,  with  respect  to  the  favotifable 
state  and  preparation  of  his  soul  to  meet  his  Judge. 

Such  has  been  the  testimony  of  a  dying  man.    Had 


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he  been  an  entire  stranger,  it  should  still  have  made  us 
pause,  and  reflect,  and  enquire,  if  these  things  are  real- 
ly so  ;  but  he  was  our  friend,  our  neighbour,  our  fa- 
miliar acquaintance.  Had  he  been  a  person  of  only 
common  or  ordinary  standing  in  society,  still  we  ought 
to  lay  to  our  heart  the  solemn  asseverations  of  his  dying 
moments,  as  the  most  important  of  his  life ;  but  this 
witness  is  from  one,  whose  opinions  on  every  other 
subject  we  have  always  respected  ;  and  shall  we  disre- 
gard them  on  this  ? — from  one,  who  never  attempted 
to  deceive,  and  who  could  lot  do  it  at  this  awful 
hour. 

Neither  let  any  one  suppose,  that  he  was  deceived,  by 
the  influence  of  fear  or  a  disordered  imagination  ;  his 
mind  was  clear,  his  reasoning  powers  unimpaired;  and 
he  assured  me,  that  he  had  examined  his  heart  with 
care  and  scrutiny  ;  the  result  of  which  was  the  follow- 
ing assertion,  "I  think  1  am  not  deceived — I  know  I  am 
"not  deceived  j  for  the  confidence  which  I  have  in  my 
"Saviour  is  too  firm,  and  the  joy,  which  the  conscious- 
"ness  of  hb  favour  bestows,  is  too  great  to  bo  the  effect 
"of  deception."* 

At  what  conclusion  then,  let  me  ask,  do  all  these  cir- 
cumstances bring  us  ? — Simply  to  this  >  that  every  soul 

hath  sinned,  and  must  be  changed,  renewed,  converted 

born  again,  before  it  can  see  the  face  of  God  in  peace. 

We  must  address  our  fervent  prayer  to  Christ,  like  the 

penitent  thief  on  the  cross— or  like  our  penitent  broth- 

*He  expressed  his  wish  to  be  admitted  before  he  died  a  member  df 
the  Episcopal  Church;  and  be  received,  with  strong  emotious  of  graU 
tude,  the  sacred  symbols  of  the  JBody  and  Blood  of  Christ, 


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cr  on  his  dying  bed,  and  Christ  will  not  withhold  from 
us  the  promise  of  paradise. 

These  united  facts  constrain  us  to  believe,  that  the 
influence  of  genuine  religion  is  sufficient,  to  elevate  the 
soul  superior  to  the  distresses  of  the  body,  and  to  en- 
sure it  a  complete  triumph  over  the  anguish,  and  fears, 
and  separations  of  life's  solemn  close. 

Does  any  one  question  these  important  truths  ?  I  be- 
seech you,  by  the  value  of  your  souls,  and  by  the  con- 
solations of  a  christian's  death,  that  you  examine  again, 
and  agaih,  the  evidence  of  scripture,  and  the  facts 
which  have  occurred  in  the  case  of  our  departed  broth- 
er, bearing  in  mind,  that  thousands  of  cases  parallel 
with  this,  have  occured  to  confirm  its  truth. 

Who  is  there  in  this  mourning  assembly,  whose  heart 
is  not  touched  with  the  affecting  spectacle  before  our 
eyes,  and  who  does  not  involuntarily  utter  the  prayer 
of  the  Prophet,  "Let  my  last  end,  and  my  death  be  like 
his  ?"  Where  is  the  man,  who  will  calmly  and  dispas- 
sionately assert,  that  he  is  willing  to  forego  these  rich 
and  cheering  consolations  in  the  hour  of  death  ?  Is 
there  any  one  present,  however  thoughtless  and  disso- 
lute, who  would  not  wish  upon  his  dying  bed,  yea, 
who  would  not  exchange  all  that  this  world  can  be- 
stow, for  the  joy  of  being  seated  oy  the  side  of  our  de- 
parted friend  in  the  kingdom  of  God,  at  the  right  hand 
of  Jesus  Christ  ?  Go  then,  and  examine,  as  he  did, 
this  all-important  subject,  feeling  that  your  eternal  des- 
tiny is  pending  on  the  result  of  your  decision.  Go, 
and  repent,  and  believe,  as  he  did,  that  like  him  you 


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may  receive  the  assurance  of  meeting  the   Saviour  in 
the  paradise  of  God. 

I  would  now  offer  to  the  mourners  the  consolations 
of  the  gospel. 

You,  my  dear  Madam,  bewail  the  diijsolution  of  the 
tcnderest  and  strongest  tio  which  bound  you  to  cxis« 
tencc.  You  have  a  sacred  claim  upon,  and  be  assured 
you  possess,  our  warmest  sympathy.  Great  indeed  is 
your  grief — but  greater  still  are  the  consolations  which 
arc  provided  for  you.  You  have  lost,  it  is  true,  the 
society  of  your  dearest  earthly  friend — you  have  lost 
the  father,  the  natural  protector  of  your  children.  But 
reflect,  how  trifling  is  your  loss,  when  compared  with 
his  infinite  gain.  His  earthly  cares  and  troubles  are  now 
ended — his  dangers  are  over — his  conflicts  are  past — his 
everlasting  peace  is  secured — an  eternity  of  happiness 
now  awaits  him.  Be  not  disconsolate,  then ;  Jesus 
Christ  hath  promised,  that  your  husband  shall  rise 
again  at  the  general  resurrection  of  the  just ;  and  who 
hath  power  to  ensure  that  blessed  event,  but  that  Sav- 
iour, who  was  his  best  friend  ?  You  may  now  contem- 
plate him  as  sealed  in  the  bosom  of  Abraham,  in  the 
paradise  of  rest ;  where,  if  you  follow  his  steps,  he  will 
welcome  you,  hereafter,  to  those  joys  that  will  never, 
never  end.  For  your  farther  comfort,  remember,  that 
God  hath  pledged  himself  to  be  the  Judge  of  the  wid> 
ow,  and  the  father  of  the  fatherless.  Then  put  your 
sole  trust  in  Him,  and  he  will  never  leave  nor  forsake 
you. 

And  you,  my  dear  children,  who  are  deprived  of  your 
beloved  parent,  be  comforted  with  this  reflection,  that 


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ho  is  not  Lat,  but  taken  away  from  the  evil  to  come  j 
tliough  liis  body  be  dead,  his  soul  will  live  forever ; 
though  his  mortal  part  be  consigned  to  the  grave  for  a 
season,  we  have  just  reason  to  believe,  that  his  spirit  is 
in  paradise  with  that  Saviour  whom  he  so  ardently  lov. 
ed.     Let  the  solemn  admonitions  of  his  last  hours  sink 
deep  into  your  hearts,  to  remcmbery  and  serve  your  Crea- 
tor in  your  youth.     Treasure  up  his  dying  counsel  in  your 
memory ;  it  is  the  richest  legacy  your  expiring  parent 
could  bequeath  you.     In  pursuing  the  course  he  then 
recommended,  by  precept  and  his  own   example,  you 
will  be  sure  to  meet  him  again  in  that  world  of  peace 
and  joy,  where  the  pangs  of  separation  are  not  known. 
May  He,  whose  tender  mercies  are  over  all  his  works, 
whose  watchful  care  notices  even   the  sparrow,  and 
numbers  the  hairs  of  your  head,  give  you  grace  to  imi- 
tate  the  virtues  of  your  Father  in  your  lives,  that  in  your 
death,  you  may  find  the  consolation  which  support  id 
him.    To  Gods  gracious  mercy  and  protection  I  now 
commend  you,  which  is  able  to  sanctify  and  convert 
even  this  heavy  affliction  to  your  everlasting  joy,  and  to 
render  every  future  event  subservient  to  your  ultimate 
good, 


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